"The reason I know so much," Harry was saying, "is because I've been well posted regarding you and your methods. You're not a crook, but you have been in some shady deals.
Your specialty is gaining information and supplying it to certain interested parties.
"You reason that if a man knows facts and wants to tell them, he can do so and collect money for it. Particularly, when the crime of blackmail does not begin until after his own transaction has ended.
"That sizes you up, doesn't it?"
Powell smiled and shrugged his shoulders.
"In the case of Brockley," continued Harry, "you fell into certain information. You have said that you consider it to be yours. It involves a crime committed in France — where you were not molested by the police.
"You came to America, and you reason that you can do what you see fit with what you know. I was waiting for you in New York. I watched you there.
"You held one mysterious phone conversation from a pay station. Because of it, you came to Baltimore. I came also."
"Why didn't you talk to me in New York?" asked Powell.
"Because I wanted to make sure you were going through with the deal," responded Harry.